My 4th Month with Livescribe Pen

If you have been following this blog, you probably know that I like to talk about fancy gadgets from time to time. I’ll try any tool that can save me time and help me become a more productive blogger. A few months ago, I finally decided to take a chance on Livescribe Pen. I had heard about the smart pen a while ago, but I was a bit skeptical about what it could do for me as a blogger. I had tried smart pens a couple of years ago and was not impressed with their quality, so it was hard for me to justify paying close to $200 for this pen. But after 4 months of playing with Livescribe, I can tell you now that it’s been an amazing experience.

If you are not familiar with Livescribe, it’s an innovative smart pen that lets you keep track of your notes and link them with audio notes when you are on the go. The pen records everything you are writing, and you can always upload your latest notes to your computer and online. The pen comes with a high speed infrared camera that enables you to take and store notes in a convenient fashion. There are many positives to Livescribe pen, but here are the main reason  I love my pen:

• Convenience: it’s so convenient to take notes and search through them on your computer. Once you sync up your notes, you can easily use the search functionality provides to go through your notes and find the specific part your are looking to review.
• Features: being able to record what others are saying during a meeting is a big plus. You can always refer back to your notes and find out what you may have missed. You can also leave yourself with audio notes. I don’t know about you, but from time to time I fail to understand my own notes. By providing background information in audio and linking them to your note, you always know what your notes are about.
• Easy to use: this gadget is very easy to use. When you open up your kit, you are going to find a guide that helps you master the art of using this pen. The menus are very straight forward too. So you won’t have to spend too much time getting a hang of this pen.
• Online Features: Livescribe provides you with free storage online, so you can always export your notes and keep them safe online. A great way to store those highly valuable notes.
• Quality: the pen is very well made and solid. It has yet to fail to capture my notes. With my previous pens, I always had to worry about them missing my notes. But with Livescribe that hasn’t happened yet.
• Apps: there are plenty of cool apps in the works for Livescribe. Whether it’s the translator, the calculator, and other cool features, there are plenty of things you can do with Livescribe.

Livescribe has made it very easy for me to take notes during events and check and organize them a few days later. It’s true that you need special notebooks to get Livescribe to work but they are not too expensive and well worth the investment. Being able to search through thousands of pages in notes is a big plus if you ask me. So your notes are not stored as just images. The device is not that expensive either. All in all, if you are looking for a gadget that can help you capture your moments of inspiration or your daily notes, Livescribe comes in very handy. It has saved me a lot of headache with my notes. It might help you too.